MLK motel in Alabama named to ‘most endangered’ list
June 24, 2015adminNewsComments Off on MLK motel in Alabama named to ‘most endangered’ list
In this May 13, 1963 file photo, police officers patrol past the Gaston Motel, a black motel in Birmingham, Ala., where dynamite dug a large hole in the wall, right, and destroyed eight mobile homes on an adjacent sales lot. The incident set off large scale rioting in the black section. The motel was identified by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as one of America's 11 most endangered historic places. (AP Photo, File)
In this May 13, 1963 file photo, police officers patrol past the Gaston Motel, a black motel in Birmingham, Ala., where dynamite dug a large hole in the wall, right, and destroyed eight mobile homes on an adjacent sales lot. The incident set off large scale rioting in the black section. The motel was identified by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as one of America’s 11 most endangered historic places. (AP Photo, File)
(AP) Preservationists say an abandoned Birmingham motel with ties to the civil rights movement is among the nation’s most threatened historic places.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is including the old A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham on its list of America’s 11 most endangered historic locations.
Other sites on the list include the Grand Canyon in Arizona and Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood.
The Gaston Motel was an operating base for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during civil rights protests in 1963. But the motel has been boarded-up and vacant for years.
The city of Birmingham is currently working on a $10 million plan to restore parts of the motel and include it in a new development highlighting human rights.
Mayor William Bell says work should begin within three months.
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Jackson State’s baseball team returned to campus late Monday night after a fire destroyed the team’s bus outside of Birmingham earlier in the day. There were no reported injuries in the […]
